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![A court room in Athens County with the judge hearing from an attorney while two people look on.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/EvictionCourt3-e1635180575963-900x422.jpg)
Eviction protections are the latest safety net to erode as COVID-19 rages on
By: Liam Niemeyer | Katie Myers | Ohio Valley ReSource
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Ohio Valley ReSource · No Shelter: Eviction Protections are Latest Safety Net to Erode, as COVID-19 Rages On RICHMOND, Ky. (OVR) — In room 226 of the Relax Inn in… Read More
![Some of the 1,000 solar panels that are part of a green energy project on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation frame the landscape near Cannon Ball, N.D., where the grand opening for the energy farm that was borne partly out of protests against the Dakota Access pipeline in 2016 and 2017 was held. Revenue generated from the 30 kilowatt farm is currently being used to power a community center and gymnasium in Cannon Ball. (AP Photo/Dave Kolpack)](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/ap-image-solar-farm--e1634075131531-900x422.jpg)
Appalachian Solar Dreams Become Realities As Money Flows In To A Community In Kentucky
By: Katie Myers | Ohio Valley ReSource
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MARTIN COUNTY, Ky. (OVR) — The promise of solar energy for small, rural communities, and particularly those recovering from the decline of the coal industry, is twofold: job creation, and… Read More
![The National Guard and the Athens City-County Health Department administered free pop-up COVID-19 tests at the Athens High School parking lot in August.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Screen-Shot-2020-08-22-at-4.38.44-PM-e1598128946237-900x422.png)
Long Into The Pandemic, Ohio Valley Health Departments Aren’t Just Fighting COVID-19
By: Corinne Boyer | Ohio Valley ReSource
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Ohio Valley ReSource · 092421OVR – F The pandemic has swamped health departments. Since August, Ohio Valley health departments have been dealing with a massive surge in cases and that… Read More
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Recovery Through Employment: ARC Funding Makes Ohio Valley Programs Possible
By: Kaitlin Thorne | Ohio Valley ReSource
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Jessica Stapleton was in the thralls of active addiction when she first heard of the Recovery to Work program. She had lost the trust of her family and custody of… Read More
![North Fork resident Shayna Plank, age 11, leads a protest chant in Morehead, KY.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Image-from-iOS-21-scaled-e1623169850463-900x422.jpg)
Evictions At A Kentucky Trailer Park Highlight Ohio Valley’s Lack Of Affordable Housing
By: Katie Myers | Liam Niemeyer | Ohio Valley ReSource
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MURRAY, Ky. (OVR) — Jimmy McRoberts knew the North Fork Mobile Home Park was teeming with animals. Some residents, like local grandmother Penny Gozzard, had two or three beloved cats… Read More
![Martin County water treatment plant](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/At-Water-Treatment-Plant-0112171513b-e1546030818148-900x422.jpg)
With Infrastructure Funding On Horizon, Beleaguered Martin County Looks To Raise Water Rates Again
By: Katie Meyers | Ohio Valley ReSource
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In December, Kathy Fletcher, a lifelong Martin County, Kentucky, resident and mother, found her water was shut off. When it came back on, something was wrong with it. Fletcher remembers… Read More
![Solar panels on Bryce Baumann’s farm.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/IMG_5076-2-scaled-e1614028574586-900x422.jpg)
Power Switch: Solar Is Heating Up In The Ohio Valley
By: Katie Myers | Curtis Tate | Ohio Valley ReSource
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FLOYD COUNTY, Ky. (OVR) — St. Vincent’s Mission has been doing the work of feeding, clothing and sheltering the people of Floyd County, Kentucky, since 1968. “We believe that all… Read More
![Gov of Kentucky at podium with sign language interpreter next to him](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/gov-andy-beshear-e1598371281352-900x422.jpg)
Kentucky Judge Blocks Follow-up Attempt To Limit Beshear COVID Orders
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky judge has temporarily blocked another attempt by Republican lawmakers to restrict Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear’s efforts to combat the coronavirus pandemic. Franklin Circuit Judge… Read More
![Andy Beshear](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/AP_17067616210055-e1505736668382-900x422.jpg)
Beshear Vetoes Bill Aiming To Create Scholarship Tax Credits
By: Associated Press
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear has vetoed a measure that would allow limited use of scholarship tax credits for private school tuition. He calls it an unconstitutional… Read More
![A foster care system graphic](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/AP804834615189-e1614361100946-900x422.jpg)
Foster Care Review Boards Seeking Volunteers Around Kentucky
By: Associated Press
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Officials say volunteers are being sought in nearly half of Kentucky’s counties to review cases of children in the foster care system. A statement from the… Read More
![Gavel leaning against a row of law books](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/AdobeStock_110666651-e1518880023556-900x422.jpeg)
Kentucky Man Pleads Guilty To Improper Shipping Of Nuclear Waste
By: Associated Press
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LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky man charged with illegally dumping low-level nuclear waste at an Estill County landfill has pleaded guilty in federal court to two charges of shipping… Read More
![CAP Police and protesters outside the United States Capitol.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/1280px-Riot_police_and_protester_outside_United_States_Capitol_at_evening_20210106-e1613772828184-900x422.jpg)
Mapping The Ohio Valley Residents Charged In Connection With U.S. Capitol Riot
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (OVR) — Data compiled by an academic research group shows the home counties of 21 people from Kentucky, Ohio and West Virginia charged so far in connection with… Read More
![The Madison Co. Health Department’s Narcan mobile unit](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Narcan-MCHD-Van-2-scaled-e1613398541352-900x422.jpeg)
Addiction In The Pandemic: The $350M Effort To Heal Communities In Opioid Crisis
By: Corinne Boyer | Ohio Valley ReSource
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MADISON COUNTY, Ky. (OVR) — The Madison County health department in Kentucky has kept its harm reduction program open throughout the COVID-19 pandemic to continue its work against the other… Read More
![The Kentucky Statehouse](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Kentucky_State_Capitol_-_DSC09141-e1519222997224-900x422.jpg)
Kentucky Panel Takes No Action On Impeachment Petitions
By: Associated Press
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A legislative panel has taken no action on impeachment petitions against Kentucky’s governor and attorney general. The House panel met behind closed doors for more than… Read More
![NorthStar Online NA’s first meeting using online support, in 2018](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/NA-Meeting-scaled-e1612289081881-900x422.jpg)
Addiction In The Pandemic: An Interview With A Member Of Narcotics Anonymous
By: Corinne Boyer | Ohio Valley ReSource
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LEXINGTON, Ky. (OVR) — Terrance D. is the father of two daughters and lives in Lexington. He’s a carpenter and owns a small construction company. More than 15 years ago,… Read More
![Andy Beshear](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/AP_17067616210055-e1505736668382-900x422.jpg)
Ky. Impeachment Panel Makes Filings Open For Public Review
By: Associated Press
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A legislative panel reviewing a petition to impeach Kentucky’s governor has made filings from both sides open to the public. Deliberations on the matter were being… Read More
![Kyra Higgins (left) rehearses “Blackademics” with co-star Savanah Jackson (right).](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/IMG_1316-scaled-e1611075540803-900x422.jpeg)
Black Lives In Red States: Art And Life Converge For Two Women In A Tumultuous Year
By: Sydney Boles | Ohio Valley ReSource
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GEORGETOWN, Ky. (OVR) — Jessalyn Brown met Kyra Higgins through theater. “I saw her on stage and I was just like, ‘This girl is so good!’ She was just amazing.”… Read More
![Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/AP_17255704038973-e1505822709481-900x422.jpg)
Ohio Valley Lawmakers React to Trump’s False Statements Undermining The Election
By: Sydney Boles | Ohio Valley ReSource
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (OVR) — Polls had barely closed in the U.S. when President Donald Trump falsely alleged voter fraud and claimed prematurely to have won the election, saying “We will… Read More
![Jacksonville, Ohio- Voters cast in their ballots.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Swensen_voting-1-2-e1492966382495-900x422.jpg)
The Missing Voters: The Ohio Valley Has Some Of The Nation’s Lowest Voter Turnout. What Could Change That?
By: Suhail Bhat | Sydney Boles | Alana Watson | Jeff Young | Ohio Valley ReSource
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LEXINGTON, Ky. (OVR) — This fall, Lexington, Kentucky, activist and artist Devine Carama launched a different kind of road trip across his home state. He visited a dozen cities and… Read More
![Tobacco plants are being used in the development of COVID-19 vaccines. One is already being tested in humans.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/gettyimages-1087975594-bdfeec7cb1cd13d9c4ac330b95779ec0c508d838-scaled-e1603133549135-900x422.jpg)
Tobacco Plants Contribute Key Ingredient For COVID-19 Vaccine
By: Joe Palca | NPR
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Here’s irony: tobacco plants may be key in preventing COVID-19. Two companies are using the plants to produce proteins for a vaccine. One candidate vaccine is already in a clinical trial.
![This Aug. 22, 2018, file photo shows a sign declaring the future home of Braidy Industries' aluminum mill in Ashland, Ky.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/AP_19105617088529-e1555438282995-900x422.jpg)
Braidy Industries Changes Name To Unity Aluminum
By: Associated Press
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ASHLAND, Ky. (AP) — An aluminum company planning to build a massive mill in Appalachia has changed its name from Braidy Industries to Unity Aluminum. A release from the company… Read More
![The grand jury recording in the Breonna Taylor case will be released, after a judge ordered the attorney general's office to produce the recording by Wednesday. Here, a mother and son attend a demonstration in what activists are now calling Injustice Square Park in downtown Louisville, as protesters demand justice for Taylor's killing by police.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/breonna-taylor-grand-jury-recording-64a273fa47936c0f8396b81c6214ba2651ba1d4f-scaled-e1601397628765-900x422.jpg)
Breonna Taylor Grand Jury Recording Will Be Released, Kentucky Attorney General Says
By: Bill Chappell | NPR
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“The Grand Jury is meant to be a secretive body,” Attorney General Daniel Cameron says in a statement. “It’s apparent that the public interest in this case isn’t going to allow that to happen.”
![A worker boards up a business in downtown Louisville on Tuesday in anticipation of the results of a grand jury inquiry into the death of Breonna Taylor.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/gettyimages-1228653421-c090d34517c3461a1b739274a80e65d4c7aff224-scaled-e1600882890865-900x422.jpg)
Kentucky Grand Jury Indicts Former Officer Who Fatally Shot Breonna Taylor On Charges Of Wanton Endangerment
By: Rachel Treisman | Brakkton Booker | NPR
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The grand jury did not announce charges against the other two officers involved. Demonstrators have long called for the officers to face criminal charges.
![The Letcher County Farmers Market on a September weekend.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/IMG-1209-scaled-e1600712672643-900x422.jpeg)
Back To The Land: The Future Challenge And Opportunity Of Appalachian Agriculture
By: Liam Niemeyer | Ohio Valley ReSource
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WHITESBURGH, Ky. (OVR) — A line of blue and yellow pop-up tents stand along the North Fork of the Kentucky River during a sunny September weekend in downtown Whitesburg, Kentucky, and… Read More
![Tamika Palmer, Breonna Taylor's mother, in white beside Attorney Ben Crump, left, speak in Louisville, Ky., after settlement was announced. The city of Louisville will pay $12 million to the family of Breonna Taylor and reform police practices as part of a lawsuit settlement months after Taylor's slaying by police thrust the Black woman's name to the forefront of a national reckoning on race, Mayor Greg Fischer announced Tuesday.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/AP_20259716179551-scaled-e1600203524766-900x422.jpg)
Louisville Agrees To $12 Million Settlement With Breonna Taylor’s Family
By: Brakkton Booker | NPR
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Officials also announced a series of police reforms to be adopted by Louisville Metro Police Department. Taylor was killed by police in March.
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